Family Process最新文献

{"title":"Criterion-Related Validity of the Couple Flourishing Measure in a Spanish Population: Distinguishing Outpatients From Community Participants","authors":"Alejandro Saavedra-Roa,&nbsp;Martiño Rodríguez-González,&nbsp;Claudia Pineda-Marín,&nbsp;Pablo Vallejo-Medina,&nbsp;Adrián Montesano","doi":"10.1111/famp.70211","DOIUrl":"10.1111/famp.70211","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Relational (or couple) well-being has begun to be conceived from an integrative perspective that transcends mere satisfaction or stability in couples and may include dimensions such as emotional connection, joint growth, and shared purpose. This study evaluated the criterion-related validity of the Couple Flourishing Measure (CFM) in comparison with the Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS) in a Spanish sample of people in affective-sexual relationships (<i>n =</i> 118; <i>Mage</i> = 40.3, SD = 8.77). Differences between participants receiving affective-sexual therapy services (<i>n =</i> 67) and community participants (<i>n =</i> 51) were analyzed, as well as their discriminative ability using ROC curves. The results showed that the CFM had a greater ability to discriminate between the two groups (AUC = 0.81, 95% CI [0.74, 0.89]) than the DAS (AUC = 0.71, 95% CI [0.62, 0.81]). In turn, a preliminary cutoff score for CFM was identified (61.5), with moderate sensitivity (0.64) and high specificity (0.94). These findings provide preliminary evidence supporting the criterion-related validity of the CFM for distinguishing outpatients receiving affective-sexual therapy from community participants without previous therapeutic experience and suggest that the measure may offer complementary information beyond traditional indicators of relationship adjustment. Implications, limitations, and directions for future research are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":51396,"journal":{"name":"Family Process","volume":"65 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/famp.70211","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149197676","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Exploring Family Interactions: Heterogeneity in Family Specific Network Models","authors":"Lea Schumacher,&nbsp;Daniela Hartmann,&nbsp;Felix Vogel","doi":"10.1111/famp.70208","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.70208","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Daily family interactions have a profound impact on children's emotional and behavioral development. While extensive research highlights the detrimental effects of negative parenting practices and the benefits of positive parenting programs, less is known about the complex within-family interactions that occur on a day-to-day basis. Using 5 weeks of daily diary data from 43 mothers (<i>M</i>_{Observations per dyad} = 140.44, SD = 1.05) aged 33–53 years and their children aged 6–14 years, this paper explored the heterogeneity of family-specific networks and their links to parental self-efficacy (PSE) as part of a german national study. Using group iterative multiple model estimation, we identified both contemporaneous and temporal relationships between daily fluctuations in conflicts, praise, quality time, and parental stress. Our results revealed substantial variability in network structures across families. There was no link between network structures and PSE. The current findings indicate that family-specific network modeling may facilitate the identification of interaction patterns that maintain dysfunctional family dynamics, thereby enabling targeted selection of intervention components. Such personalized approaches could improve intervention efficiency and acceptability through alignment with families' unique regulatory processes.</p>","PeriodicalId":51396,"journal":{"name":"Family Process","volume":"65 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/famp.70208","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149146332","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Effectiveness of Expressive Writing Interventions on the Psychosocial Health of Family Caregivers: A Meta-Analysis","authors":"Eda Ünal,&nbsp;Gülyeter Erdoğan Yüce","doi":"10.1111/famp.70206","DOIUrl":"10.1111/famp.70206","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of expressive writing interventions on the psychosocial health outcomes of family caregivers and to synthesize the available evidence. It was conducted in accordance with the PRISMA 2020 guidelines. Studies published up to May 2025 were searched in PubMed, Web of Science, CENTRAL, SCOPUS, and MEDLINE. The methodological quality of included studies was assessed using the Cochrane Collaboration Risk of Bias Tool 2.0, and standardized mean differences were calculated for depression, anxiety, stress, and caregiver burden. A total of 13 studies met the inclusion criteria and were included in the meta-analysis. The included interventions varied considerably in writing content, session number, writing duration, intervention intervals, and comparator conditions. Most studies were judged to have a high overall risk of bias. Most interventions were short-term, and the observed benefits were not maintained over the long term. The available evidence provides limited support for the broad effectiveness of expressive writing among family caregivers. A small short-term effect was observed for anxiety (SMD = −0.22; <i>p</i> = 0.041). However, no significant effects were found for depression (SMD = −0.17; <i>p</i> = 0.084), stress (SMD = −0.21; <i>p</i> = 0.167), or caregiver burden (SMD = −0.02; <i>p</i> = 0.905). The observed anxiety effect should be interpreted as preliminary evidence rather than definitive evidence of efficacy. Further research is needed to clarify the effects of expressive writing on psychosocial outcomes in family caregivers.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51396,"journal":{"name":"Family Process","volume":"65 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149138858","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Ripple Effects of Misattributed Parentage: The Systemic Family Impact of “Not Parent Expected” Discoveries","authors":"Michele Grethel,&nbsp;Brianne Kirkpatrick Williams,&nbsp;Olivia Schuman,&nbsp;Christi Guerrini","doi":"10.1111/famp.70207","DOIUrl":"10.1111/famp.70207","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Direct-to-consumer (DTC) DNA testing has led to a surge in misattributed parentage discoveries, often referred to as “not parent expected” (NPE) events. While prior research has focused primarily on the experiences of those discovering a parent was not as expected, this qualitative study explores the systemic impact of NPE events on entire families by examining how such discoveries are experienced by multiple family members. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 43 members of 11 families in the United States and Canada, we identified four interrelated processes characterizing family responses to NPE discoveries: systemic disruption, intergenerational secrecy and betrayal, ambiguous loss and identity renegotiation, and adaptive realignment over time. Guided by Family Systems Theory, Ambiguous Loss Theory, Betrayal Trauma Theory, and Communication Privacy Management Theory, we illustrate how NPE discoveries destabilize family roles, challenge kinship boundaries, and prompt complex negotiations of trust, identity, and information sharing. Our results highlight the widespread emotional impact on family members and the varied pathways they take toward adaptation, with outcomes shaped by pre-existing family dynamics, the response of the parent who had been keeping the secret, and the family's capacity for open communication and meaning making. Implications of this research include the need for family-centered therapeutic interventions, enhanced education and training for mental health professionals to address the unique challenges NPE discoveries pose, and greater public awareness of the psychosocial consequences these events have on families.</p>","PeriodicalId":51396,"journal":{"name":"Family Process","volume":"65 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/famp.70207","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149138915","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Adaptation and Validation of the Couple Flourishing Measure Among Spaniards","authors":"Alejandro Saavedra-Roa,&nbsp;Claudia Pineda-Marin,&nbsp;Pablo Vallejo-Medina,&nbsp;Adrián Montesano","doi":"10.1111/famp.70204","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.70204","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Flourishing in couple relationships represents an optimal state of relational well-being that integrates satisfaction, meaning, and mutual growth. Although related instruments exist, few measures have been specifically developed to assess couple flourishing as an integrated construct within intimate relationships. This study aimed to adapt and validate the Couple Flourishing Measure in a sample of 543 Spanish adults aged 18–75 years (<i>M</i>_age = 49.59; SD = 12.81). For this purpose, we used the Couple Flourishing Measure and other related scales to observe convergent validity, such as the Dyadic Adjustment Scale, the Global Measure of Relationship Satisfaction of the Interpersonal Exchange Model of Sexual Satisfaction Questionnaire, and the Satisfaction with Life Scale. The scale was adapted and translated into Spanish. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted, as well as assessments of convergent validity and temporal stability. The scale demonstrated a unidimensional internal structure, high reliability (<i>α</i> = 0.94) for assessing Couple Flourishing, expected associations with related measures, and temporal stability over one- and two-month intervals. Additionally, percentiles for the scale were calculated for different age groups (i.e., 18–35, 36–55, and 56+). The Spanish CFM provides researchers with a brief and reliable instrument for assessing relational flourishing and examining changes in relational well-being in nonclinical populations.</p>","PeriodicalId":51396,"journal":{"name":"Family Process","volume":"65 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/famp.70204","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149145589","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Parallel Parent–Child Mindfulness Intervention for Migrant Families' Adaptation: A Randomized Controlled Trial","authors":"Shuang Lu,&nbsp;Christine T. Y. Ng,&nbsp;Renhui Lyu,&nbsp;Eddie S. K. Chong,&nbsp;Hui Hu,&nbsp;Xiaolu Dai,&nbsp;Kirk Warren Brown,&nbsp;Siu-man Ng,&nbsp;Qiaobing Wu","doi":"10.1111/famp.70200","DOIUrl":"10.1111/famp.70200","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Parent and child sociocultural adaptation is essential to migrant family well-being, and community-based mindfulness training may support this process. However, evidence on mindfulness interventions for migrant families remains scarce, particularly those engaging parent and child simultaneously. This study evaluates a parallel parent–child mindfulness intervention targeting sociocultural adaptation, psychological adjustment, and family relationships among Chinese new-arrival families in Hong Kong. In a randomized controlled trial, 116 parent–child dyads were assigned to an 8-week mindfulness intervention or routine community services. Outcomes were assessed at baseline, post-intervention, and 6-month follow-up. Compared with controls, the intervention significantly improved parents' sociocultural adaptation, with attenuated effects at follow-up. It also increased parent life satisfaction and reduced parenting stress at posttest. Child outcomes were largely nonsignificant, except for short-term improvements in social interaction and life satisfaction at posttest. Indirect effects of the intervention through parent sociocultural adaptation were nonsignificant, with estimates in the hypothesized direction for parent life satisfaction (<i>B</i> = 0.94, 95% CI [−0.02, 1.90]) and psychological distress (<i>B</i> = −1.42, 95% CI [−2.89, 0.04]). No mediation effects were observed among children. Subgroup analyses indicated that effects on parent adaptation and life satisfaction varied by child sex and family length of residence, with sustained effects observed only among parents of boys and families residing in Hong Kong for less than 2 years. Findings suggest that parallel parent–child mindfulness interventions may support specific aspects of migrant families' adaptation, with more consistent and sustained effects for parents than for children.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51396,"journal":{"name":"Family Process","volume":"65 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149118222","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Longitudinal Effects of Parental Drinking Problems and Depression on Adolescent Social Adjustment: Mediating Roles of Constructive and Destructive Marital Conflict, Emotional Security, and Parental Psychological Control","authors":"Reyhaneh S. Razavi,&nbsp;Rebecca Y. M. Cheung,&nbsp;Kathleen N. Bergman,&nbsp;Patrick T. Davies,&nbsp;E. Mark Cummings","doi":"10.1111/famp.70203","DOIUrl":"10.1111/famp.70203","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study investigates how parental depressive symptoms and drinking problems during early adolescence are linked to adolescents' social adjustment through family-level mechanisms, including marital conflict, psychological control through guilt, and emotional insecurity. Drawing on emotional security theory and a three-wave longitudinal design, data were collected from 281 families beginning when adolescents were in seventh grade and followed annually over 3 years. Structural equation modeling revealed that parental depressive symptoms and drinking problems at Time 1 predicted increased destructive conflict and decreased constructive conflict at Time 2. These distinct forms of conflict were, in turn, associated with parenting and emotional processes: Destructive conflict was positively associated with adolescents' emotional insecurity and psychological control through guilt, whereas constructive conflict was negatively associated with psychological control through guilt. Emotional insecurity and psychological control through guilt significantly mediated the associations between marital conflict and adolescent social maladjustment at Time 3, after accounting for baseline maladjustment. These results illuminate both family risk and protective factors of early adolescent social adjustment, informing preventive programs of potential underlying mechanisms likely to be intervened upon. By identifying differences between constructive and destructive conflict, this research also constitutes an effort to understand parental adjustment's role in adolescent social outcomes through family dynamics.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51396,"journal":{"name":"Family Process","volume":"65 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149118298","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Exploring Factors Associated With Self-Reported Parental Spanking and Hitting Out of Anger: Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Analyses Using National Panel Data","authors":"Christopher J. Mehus,&nbsp;Ana Mireya Díaz-Howard,&nbsp;Yunqi He,&nbsp;Jaime Ballard,&nbsp;Yvonne Terry-McElrath,&nbsp;Mona Mittal,&nbsp;Megan E. Patrick","doi":"10.1111/famp.70201","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.70201","url":null,"abstract":"<p>More than one in three US parents use corporal punishment to discipline their children. The objective of this study is to add to a greater understanding of factors associated with self-reported corporal punishment, based on two survey items: one that asked about use of spanking and one that asked about hitting out of anger. The second objective was to examine the longitudinal relationship between parents' self-reported use of spanking at age 35 and their self-reports of hitting out of anger 5 years later. To accomplish these objectives, national US Monitoring the Future Panel Study data were used as follows. Objective 1: data collected in 1993–2020 from parents age 35 with child(ren) ages 2–12 at home. Objective 2: data collected in 1998–2020 from parents age 40 with child(ren) ages 7–17 at home. We conducted multinomial logistic regression to accomplish the objectives. Most factors significantly associated with increased odds of reporting spanking at age 35 differed from the factors associated with increased odds of reporting hitting out of anger at age 35. Reporting spanking at age 35 was associated with greater odds of reporting hitting out of anger at age 40 (aOR = 2.10, 95% CI: 1.71, 2.58). Depressive symptoms (aOR = 1.24, 95% CI: 1.09, 1.40) and disordered alcohol use (aOR = 1.55, 95% CI: 1.14, 2.11) were associated with greater odds of reporting hitting out of anger. Future research should continue to examine whether different types of corporal punishment have different determinants, whether and in what ways corporal punishment may escalate over time, and whether measurement error may impact this research.</p>","PeriodicalId":51396,"journal":{"name":"Family Process","volume":"65 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/famp.70201","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149084105","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Negotiating Intimacy and Silence: Family Disclosure Strategies Among Young Chinese Men Who Have Sex With Men Living With HIV","authors":"Zurong Liang","doi":"10.1111/famp.70193","DOIUrl":"10.1111/famp.70193","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study examines how young Chinese men who have sex with men (MSM) living with HIV navigate the disclosure or concealment of their sexual orientation and HIV status within family contexts shaped by Confucian moral norms. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 24 participants and a constructivist grounded theory approach, the study identifies five disclosure strategies: prior disclosure of sexual orientation followed by HIV disclosure, prior disclosure of sexual orientation with withheld HIV disclosure, simultaneous disclosure of both identities, non-disclosure of both identities, and HIV disclosure with withheld sexual orientation. Findings show that disclosure was not a discrete act but an ongoing relational process through which participants negotiated stigma, filial obligation, and family ties. Participants navigated the unequal moral meanings attached to HIV and sexual minority identity: HIV sometimes became a culturally intelligible condition that elicited care and reduced marriage pressure, whereas sexual minority identity remained more closely associated with filial failure, lineage expectations, and family reputation. To conceptualize these dynamics, the study develops an integrated framework of relational reconfiguration and the ethics of ambiguity. Relational reconfiguration captures how family relationships are reorganized through shifting boundaries, moral expectations, and roles, whereas the ethics of ambiguity refers to the culturally grounded strategy through which such reconfiguration is enabled and sustained. These findings suggest that practitioners should not treat full disclosure as a universal goal; instead, they should support culturally and relationally attuned disclosure planning, including partial, staged, or sibling-mediated pathways that allow individuals to maintain safety, care, and family connection under intersecting stigma.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":51396,"journal":{"name":"Family Process","volume":"65 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148892858","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Role of Perceived Societal Pressure and Parents' Child-Oriented Self-Construal in Overprotective and Controlling Parenting in Belgian Parents of Adolescents.","authors":"Şule Selçuk, Cindy Eira Nunes, Elli-Anastasia Lamprianidou, Bénédicte Mouton, Stijn Van Petegem","doi":"10.1111/famp.70195","DOIUrl":"10.1111/famp.70195","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Societal expectations and demands regarding parenting roles have significantly intensified in recent decades, putting pressure on parents to be perfect in their parental role, which may push them to become overly involved in their children's lives. Although evidence suggests that perceived societal pressure is associated with overprotective and controlling parenting, less is known about which parents are more sensitive to such pressure. We investigated whether parents' child-oriented interdependent self-construal (the degree to which parents consider their relationship with their children as self-defining) moderates the relations of perceived societal pressure with overprotection and controlling parenting in Belgium. Thereby, we also examined potential parental gender differences. Participants were predominantly highly educated parents of adolescents (276 mothers, 142 fathers; most were married or cohabiting). Results showed that perceived societal pressure was associated with more overprotection among both mothers and fathers and more controlling parenting among fathers. For mothers only, interdependent self-construal was significantly related to more overprotection and controlling parenting. Sensitivity analyses suggested that gender differences in these associations were attenuated in families characterized by shared caregiving. We found no evidence that parents' self-construal moderated the association between perceived pressure and parenting. These findings suggest that excessive societal expectations may contribute to negative parenting practices, and that although child-oriented interdependent self-construal does not increase sensitivity to such pressures, mothers with a more interdependent self-construal may be at greater risk of overprotective and controlling parenting. Findings highlight the importance of addressing societal pressures in parenting support/prevention programs aimed at reducing overprotective and controlling parenting.</p>","PeriodicalId":51396,"journal":{"name":"Family Process","volume":"65 3","pages":"e70195"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13569871/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148957327","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}